End Grain When Turning - Family Woodworking

The horrible part about this is that the alternating wood grain was done on purpose. The top ring and the third ring have a light color. They are set in a book matching grain position sandwiching the darker second ring.
I guess that idea was right up there with shooting yourself in the foot.

The little "pits" of tear out are the size of a piece of grit on 40 grit sandpaper.
I thought about the 3/8 gouge and started to try that. With my setup I just cannot seem to get my eyes, arms and tool in a position to see where I am cutting. I am definitely not in the category of Hollow Vessel turner. So, what I tried was using my Easy Wood round cutter, extremely lightly. It sort of works. It goes along, progress is made, the cutting is nearly finished, and pooommm out comes a chip or two. The fresh cutter on the tool is just plain not sharp enough.

Stephen, I held up the very sharp tool 3/8 bowl gouge. However, I did not even turn the lathe on. If I could see in there or had some HF experience that would probably work. I have had a lathe for some time, however, with developing a shop, being on several Boards and still practicing, I just have not spent much time on a lathe. I am totally retired now. I am not on any Boards, I cancelled my license so I cannot go back again. Hopefully that means that I have a lot more shop time. I will try stiffening up the fibers.

Carol, As you noted above the cross grain was done on purpose. I love walnut. However, I now find out that it is not the best wood for amateur turning.

Mike, The bowl is basically a cylinder that will look like it is floating. The sides are straight inside and out. There is no taper/slope to allow me to see the turning tool tip unless I get my eyeballs slightly past the mid-line of the lathe. At that point I start having trouble banging into the dust collecting system. I could remove the DC, however it would be a pain to do. I also start getting into my own light somewhat.

I do have a very delicate touch. I mean, after all, if I am going to use a sophisticated Dremel Tool to grind a rust ring off of the front of an eye (the cornea), I better have a delicate touch.

Jim, I will try the mineral oil first. If that does not work I will try the CA.

I tell some patients (the, I never heard of this condition, the very complicated condition, etc. patients). "If every patient was easy, I would die of boredom." It is the patients that make you hit the books, talk to other docs, etc. that make life interesting for a doc. So I am going to play like this piece of walnut is an unusual patient. Of course the walls to the bowl will keep getting thinner as I learn. The bowl may end up like "The Bridge to Nowhere." Only in this case it would be "The Bowl That Holds Nothing."

Enjoy while I am off to the shop to turn,

JimB

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